4th of July

We had a busy, but fun 4th of July. In the morning we went to Lennon's friend, Elias' first birthday party. Nicole, Alex, Adam and I were all debating whether we should venture to a park to watch a fireworks display, but that sounded so exhausting for us, and we weren't sure if the kids would even like them--so in the end we decided to have a party at Nicole's parents' house. It was a really hot day, so swimming in their pool was great. We go over there quite a bit, and Lennon loves Harper and Huck, so he had a great day. We ate well and played hard!

Lennon and Harper decorating the flag cake. The finished cake was covered with blueberries and strawberries, though most of the fruit ended up in their mouths:Our homemade "sparklers"Denise and Harper with the "sparkler"

Huck having a blast with the snappers and the fireworks:

Lennon spent half the time riding in the little car--we would just drive the perimeter of the pool over and over.

The fireworks--Alex had to hold onto Huck to keep him from running up to it.Adam and Lennon watching the fountain fireworks:

We got a couple boxes of snappers that the kids loved. Harper got over them and the noise pretty quick but Lennon and Huck kept having a blast. Because they couldn't throw them with enough force to snap them, they would just stomp on them.

Since Lennon had been to Elias' birthday party earlier that day, he really wanted to blow out a candle. So we decided to have the kids sing happy birthday to the USA and Lennon got to blow out his candle!


After all the festivities we went in to watch the fireworks on tv. Lennon learned the "ooh-ahh" response to the fireworks real quick (my cousins, Tim and Jim would be proud!). On the drive home Lennon had a blast seeing all the random fireworks in the sky--ooh-ahh's all the way home!